'Papillomatization' and 'malignant transformation' of an abscess cavity in a 25-year old man with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis who may have had Lemierre syndrome.

Autor: Veale, A, Jurisevic, C, Pieterse, S, Psaltis, A
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Zdroj: Chronic Respiratory Disease; 2004, Vol. 1 Issue 4, p229-231, 3p
Abstrakt: We report here an unusual case of a 25-year old male with juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis who developed an infestation of papillomata 'papillomatization' of an old abscess cavity that, when removed, was coincidently found to contain a 2 cm well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The abscess cavity had been caused by a previous Fusobaterium necrophorum infection that probably developed as a result of septic emboli from his internal jugular veins. This once common but now rare occurrence was first reported by Dr Lemierre in 1936 (Lemierre syndrome). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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